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We want better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them.

~Dora Russell

Topics: Better Children Having Having Children How Knowing Not Knowing Prevent Reasons Than Them Want

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Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing.

~Doris Lessing

Topics: Begging Better Borrowing Interest Just Lending Much Stealing Than

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What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.

~Doris Lessing

Topics: Better Capable First-Rate Know Like Love Need Pretend Quite Second-Rate Terrible Well Work You Your

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In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better.

~Doris Lessing

Topics: Better Cooks More Process Story Writing Writing Process

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They can't give a Nobel to someone who's dead so I think they were probably thinking they had better give it to me now before I popped off.

~Doris Lessing

Topics: Before Better Dead Give Had Me Nobel Now Off Someone Think Thinking Were I Think

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You can't show me an ad on TV with hard bodies and say I have to buy that car. You have to tell me why that car is better and safer than another car.

~Doris Roberts

Topics: Ad Another Better Bodies Buy Car Hard Me Safer Say Show Tell Than Tv Why You

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Man is not made better by being degraded; he is seldom restrained from crime by harsh measures, except the principle of fear predominates in his character, and then he is never made radically better for its influence.

~Dorothea Dix

Topics: Being Better Character Crime Degraded Except Fear Harsh He His Influence Made Man Measures Never Principle Radically Restrained Seldom Then

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The people who are garrulous and wear their heart on their sleeve and tell you everything, that's one kind of person, but the fellow who's hiding behind a tree and hoping you don't see him is the fellow that you'd better find out why.

~Dorothea Lange

Topics: Behind Better Everything Fellow Find Heart Hiding Him Hoping Kind Out People Person See Sleeve Tell Tree Wear Who Why You

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The hardest thing to teach young writers is that it's wonderful to tell your truth. And that's what you should do. But it damn well better be beautiful.

~Dorothy Allison

Topics: Beautiful Better Damn Hardest Hardest Thing Should Teach Tell The Hardest Thing Thing Truth Well Wonderful Writers You Young Young Writers Your

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We believe in loving our brothers regardless of race, color or creed and we believe in showing this love by working for better conditions immediately and the ultimate owning by the workers of their means of production.

~Dorothy Day

Topics: Believe Better Brothers Color Conditions Creed Immediately Love Loving Means Our Owning Production Race Regardless Showing Ultimate Workers Working

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